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tATERARY REVIE+V. ANNUAL BIOGRAPHY and OBITUARY for 1818, Bro. LoxGmAN, Hu sr, REes, OP.ME, and BROWN ; Paternoster Row. We resume our attew ion to these interesting records of poSthunions Biography, which we lately noticed, and which, as far as we can judge, pre sent a candid, liberal, and impartial estimate of . Ihe •I'ersoms whose 'charm:lei s and conduct it respectively introduces. The present volume contains the Lives of • The Dukes of "Marlhorougli tiortlininberiand. The Earls of Goilforil,•Rosconanon, Eglititomi, and ftotbes. Viscount Gort, I,ord St. John of illetioe, "Lord Arnodol. The hiwager Miiichioness of Sligo, the 'Countesses of 'Uxbridge, illherrnarle, and Viscountess Nev,eonien. Paroierts—fir Joseph Maatey., Sir William Wolieley, Rev. Sir Adam (;or(loo, Sir \Vui, I'. A. A:Court, Sir Wm.ltraes, .4; i • .It,w, Paloo.r. P4ticiarts—Dr. Wm. Sa•in.ikr c . Dr. C. Cowbe, Dr. Motiro, of Eclttsiotrgh. Orators--Messrs..Ponsonhy, Curran, Hunter, and the Hon. Henry Erskine. Litton*? Tfcn—Sir Herbert Cruft, Drs.Thontson and Disney, David Williams, &c. The Work is interspersed with original .docu ments, specimens of poetry, letters, &c. and ac companied by an analysis of recent Biographical Works, together with silhouette Portraits of. dis tinguished characters. DUKE or MARLBOROUGH."" This Nobleman appears to have found Blenheim nearly in ruins ; for the'mansiois itself was rapidly int 6 a state of dilapidation, and the grounds around it were become rude and uncultivated. " The genius of capability, Baomee, was now invoked, and a new world speedily created. A noble wall, that cost lON/. a mile, and could not now he built for double that SUM, was erected to secure the boundatiesmt an extensive park, which was speedily converted into an ornamental farm, prorincieg not only grass but corn ; ‘vbile deer and cattle of all sorts and descriptions, either cal culated to convey an idea of grandeur or utility, were wandering about its pastures ; the gardens, too, were laid Out anew, and bath these and the adjacent country rendered accessible by the finest walks, kept in the neatest order that ever my eyes have beheld. The home view had hitherto been grossly deficient in point of water, without which »either grandeur nor true beauty can possibly exist ; but as if by magic and the hand of a great master, may lay claim to something approximat ing to enchantment,—the scene was suddenly changed, and the bridf'e of the Rialto, which had hitherto crossed a dry ditch, now beheld a river flowing beneath its lofty arch. The valley was also flooded, and the Glyne taught to pone forth . its living waters into a lake extending over two or three hundred acres. Bays, and ports, and road steads, and harbours, now seemed to terminate the curve of . this noble expanse; while a little fleet, masted, rigged, and fitted out, so as to re semble a navy, floated on its glassy bbsom. It was ;Ims the late Duke of MARLBOROUGH for ma ny years employed both his wealth and his leisure. Nor ought it to be forgotten, that Blenheim it self, maker his auspices, assumed an aspect at once more magnificent; the principal apartments were new hung and new furnished, the noble hall was re-embellished, the beautiful little chapel was ren dered more worthy of the Deity there worshipped, virile tire grand and extensive library was adorn ed with an invaluable unique bust still in high preservation. The present Duke, who is said to possess a fine taste for books will not fail to keep up and augment this princely collection. " It has already been stated,. that his Grace's father, to whose tutor, the learned JACOB BRYANT, be presented a handsome annuity, always evinced a decided taste for mathematics ; and the son front early youth exhibited a predilection for a noble -science, which is intimately connected, with and indeed regulated by, the former. tie accordingly , ordered an observatory to be constructed and fit ted up at Blenheim, which he furnished in a - -manner worthy of his skill and munificence. Nor .were his studies of a selfish kind, for he extended his love of astronomy so as to prove beneficial to the- most distinguished of our English youth. A.ccordir.gly the Duke presented one of the finest and largest telescopes that could be produced by the most accurate mechanics in Europe,—those -etf the British capital,—to the University of Ox toad; tire grand curtains in the picture gallery are also a donation from him." On Friday last the Commonalty Society took their annual excursion down t e River Medway. T.e Worthy President, CHARLES BaeNCHLEY, Esq. give an elegant 'while breakfast, at the Bull Jon, at which upwards of one hundred of the rincipal inhabitants of this town and neighbour hood were present ; the company afterwards pro ceeded, with a band of music and the banners of the Society, to the barge, which was tastefully decorated with evergreens, and about nine o'clock Aailed from the wharf, amid loud cheering, and the salute of guns, sNhich was repeated at inter vals, till they arrived at New Hithe, when the party disembarked, and amused themselves with a variety of sports ; the most facinating of which was the lively dance on the green turf, in which many a pretty lass from the surrounding neigh bourhood joined. Soon after two o'clock the signal gun announced the hour of dinner, when the company, which had now increased to upwards of one hundred and fifty, repaired on board and partook of an elccellent repast, prepared by Mr. IVickhant, of the George Inn, in this town. After the cloth was removed, the President gave many loyal and constitutional toasts, which were drank with great applause. The day was much en livened by the numerous pleasure boats that ac companied the barge, and in the afternoon a party of Officers of the 90th regiment came up the river, attended by part of their band, with the Kentish bugles, who, as they passed, played the national Air, " God save the King," in the finest style imaginable, which they afterwards repeated, on passing them at Aylesford. The barge sailed from New Hithe, on its way home, about four o'clock, and arrived here a little before nine, when the company landed and paraded the dif ferent streets, with flatus, music, &c. having spent the day in the most pleasant and agreeable man- Per possible,--(ltiluidslone Journal, July 28.) ihe OICIGIN and PItOGiIESS of the PRESCH REVOLUTION, iron'. 1788 to 1816. VilliT "111.1 CONCLUDEDw' The Treaty of Peace with Atistrfe, made at Campo Formio, was to enable BLIONAPALItE to take the command ni the army of EnglantL He said he had humbled one enemy, and that Great Britain and the French Republic could not exist together. The Revolution of the 4th September drove Lord MALrusnoav from Lisle, and BoonA PARTIeS entrance into Lombardy was announced by a Proclamation ending with these words " Nations of Italy, we are come as brothers, to, break• your chains, protect your property, religion, and customs." To prove this, he levied on the Mi lanese 6,000,000 sterling, plundered their ch urches, and - confiscated their religions funds. At Pavia his troops defaced the tomb of Saint Augustin, which forced the people to arms, who surrounded the garrison, and made them prisoners, but of fered them no violence. In revenge, on his march to the. Mincio, he burnt BenascO, and massacred 800 of its inhabitants. He then took Pavia, and ordered all persons to be shot 'who did not lay down their arms. At Modena . be signed a Treaty, whereby the Duke was to pay 12 millions of livres ior neutrality. Ho then ar rested and robbed him of 200,000 chequins, per mitting him afterwards to sign another Treaty, called un convention de surete. He broke his Treaty of the preceding year with Tuscany, and took Leghorn, in older to seize our property there. Genoa, though acknowledged to be neu ter and friendly, was called upon for a loan in 1796, and in May 1797 to encourage a conspi racy against its Government, whiCh being stifled,' he called an aggression againSt the French. He withdrew the Minister, and forced the council to., abdicate their functions. On the 6th June., after the conferences at Montebello, he settled their new form of government, and demanded seven millions of livres for it. His attack on Rome in 1796, ended in a Treaty in 1797 at Tollentino, which was afterwards broken by his brother Jo. /ant. When he approached Venice in 1796, which had been wholly neuter, be declared that it was to deliver the finest country in Europe from the iron yoke of the proud house of Austria, after driving the enemy behind the Mincio. In the spring of 1797 he subverted the government of this city, and exacted three millions of livres, and three millions worth of naval stores, .with three ships of the line. He then ransacked their ar senal, library, and Palace of Saint Marc, and im posed contributions on the inhabitants. In four months afterwards, this Republic, which he unit ed to France, he transferred, by the Treaty of Campo Formio, to that iron yoke of the proud house of Austria, from which he had before professed to deliver it. Then followed hisexpedition to Egypt, of which he was the planner and betrayer. He or dered those whom he left behind hint to'inform the Turks that he went there with no hostile design, though he regrets the failure of his favourite ob ject, to colonise Egypt as a territorial acquisi tion. His hold on France was by the sword, not the sceptre, as a foreigner and usurper. All this, superadded to his former and subse quent progreis, as exhibited in the foregoing pa pers, constitute the original French Revolu- 1 tionists a set of human savages, delighting in human blood ; and their intruding successor liar, a coward, a robber, an atheist, an impos tor, and a coquin, who after attempting, by all the. means of villainy, to grasp the world, only embraces the shadow of a shade. Like BAJAzET the Turk, utter all his violence, perfidy, and de vastation, he reigns in a cage, devoid of all sym pathy except what madness would excite, and the tenderness of thllt self.sufficient, polite, and impartial Journal, The Morning Chronicle. Ht was a tyrant whose oppressive violence Ruin'd those be should protect; Whose wars, whose slaughters, whose assassinations, The sin of cowards, — Whose faith, so often given, so often violated, Have been the offence of heav'n and plague on earth. CLIO. CAUTION.-011 Monday William Harper, a jour neyman shoemaker, was convicted before the Ma gistrates at the Tolsey, in this city, of being con cerned with several others in a combination against their masters, for the purpose of forcing them to pay an increase of wages, and was for such offence sentenced to one month's imprison ment. His companions have for the present eluded punishment, by absconding from the place. (Gloucester Journal.) MILNATHORT, JULY 22.—Saturday last, a se rious accident occurred here to one of the coaches running between Perth and Edinburgh. In pass ing through this place, the heavy six-seated coach, called the Waterloo, having the full com plement of passengers both outside and inside, broke down in consequence o f t h e ax l e h a ving given way, and was completely overturned. Se verel of the paseengers were much injured, some of them having their limbs broken, and others being so much bruised that they are still confined to bed in a dangerous Ways The Paris Papers of Sunday last, wh►ch were due this morning, Lave not arrived. There is, we understand, no truth whatever in the report,' circulated on the alledged authority of a Whaler, that the Expedition to the North Pole was seen on its return, nor do we believe that any Whaler which - has yet arrived had any communication with the ships composing the Ex pedition. The reports circulated, therefore, have been merely caught at second-hand. The Expe dition might have been seen standing sowbelly or westerly, because, it an Opening could not be found in one part of the chain of ice, which usually stretches across from Greenland and Spitzbergen, they would doubtless coast along its edge to look for an opening in some other quarter. The Monarch, FRANKLAND, arrived at Ports mouth, on 29th June, in lat. 34. 19. N. long. 66. 35., was brought-to by the Venezuelian pri vateers General Harris, --, and Capt. BELECHE, under English colours, who ordered the Captain on board with his Papers, and when under the privateer's quarter, she hauled down the English, mad hoisted a white, red, arid , blue flag, with eight blue s'ars in the corner of the white. Captain FRANKLAND gave the officer of the pri vateer coffee, sugar, &c. at which time they conducted themselves well, but subsequently sent their boat on board and plundered Captain FRANKLAND of his silver watch, gold ring, seals, &c. and various other articles, and took away two of his crew (WILLIAM USHER, an Englishman, and NICHOLAS 1-IERKING, an Ameri can). \Vi►ile the privateer was plundering the Monarch, a strange ship hove in sight, which the privateer immediately made sail after, Captain FRANKLAND following, to endeavour to regain his people, and put the ship on her guard, hut when up with the privateer found she had brought the ship to, and prevented the crew from answering when be hailed them, and fired several guns at them, but, owing to its being dark, they did not hit the Monarch. The ship proved to be the Clifton, SHAND, of and bound to London, who was also plundered of notes and gold to' the amount of 701. One of the passengers of the Alice, HoDGsoN, for London, which was in com pany with the Monarch, was plundered of his watch and 1231. by the same privateer, and one of the crew of the Alice, named JOHN WILLIAMS, deserted into the privateer. EXTRACT OF A PRIVATE LETTER FROM AN OLD CORRESPONDENT• Port Royal, Jamaica, June 7. Arrived at this port a few days back, the pirate vessels Decrubador brig, of 18 gnus, 87 men, and La Conche schooner, of 5 guns and 50 men, captured on the coast of Africa by his Majesty's ship Cherub, G. W. WILLI s, Esq. Captain:, the former having plundered a Portuguese brig— the latter for plundering the English ships Diana and Nimble of London. La Conche, when captured, lost 2 men killed and several wounded—Cherub none: the brig made no re sistance, her crew being very sickly; the whole of the ()dicers dead (supposed murdered) They bad 570 slaves on board when taken. These vessels left Sierra Leone on the Ist May, in company Wilh the Cherub, which bas gone down the coast in quest of another pirate, called the Caraquina brig, of IG guns, 7o men, for plundering the brig Eliza, II;LL, of Li verpool. Previous to their departure from Sierra Leone, they report the arrival there of Governor l`il`CarerHY, from a visit to our forts in the Gambia. The expedition to the inte rior was going on very slowly; they have no hopes of its ever succeeding. During the Cherub's stay at Cape Coast, she was visited by th e P r i nce o f A s ff a xTEE, then on a visit at the Castle, who was highly amused and gratified, it being the first ship he ever was on board of. The Cherub's prizes, on their passage to this island, off St. Domingo, fell in with the Independent Squadron, consisting (if 45 sail (different descriptions), under Admirals IlaroN and MIRY. They report them to be in riu sort of order or disci- NEX"I"FIT EMMY LOTTERY DRA WS.—TWO ofk.Br,oco TWO of 4.2,000, 2,000 SOVEREIGNS, CLARET, PORT, MADEIRA GOLD.---ONLY 8,000 TICKETS. THIATRICAL REGISTER, Performed Last Night. KtNO'S TtqaTat...-Le . Notte di Figaro. tri the entme of which, an Incidental DiVtltisentent. After the Open, Lc Prince Troubadour. THEATREPRoYAL, FIAYMARKM--The Merchant of Venice: Shylock, Mr. Wardr; Portia, Mrs. Glover. After which, Nine Points of the Law. 1 . /MITRE RoYAL,ENOLIsit OPERA,STRAND.—The tull'sllead : Principal Characters by Mr Wrench and Miss Lore. M ter which, The Magpie. To which was -added, La Pcrouse. *** For an Account of tke NIEETING of the PROPHIETons of DHuRY-Laic THEATRE, See the Last Page. Mum , En-2 Waterford, l Guernsey and Jersey, 1 flatuburgh. Dvs—t Guernsey and Jersey, 1 Guttenburgh. PRICE 01 THIS DAY AT r Bank Stock .... 2761 476 STOCKS ELVE ;4 per Cent. ited., /7a li 3 per Cent. Cons... 70ii 77 :ii per Cent .. 87 4 per Cents ... 5 per Cent. Navy Ann 1051 Bank L. Ann.. b.. 24 9- I tiths India Stock 282 India 80nd5...... 94 , 3.955. pr. Exch. Bills, 2d... 193.905. pr. Ditto, 2id.. 20s. 21s. pr. Oinnitun ......di5. Cons. for August...—. 77 HIGH ‘VATER. Al' LONDON BRIDGE TO•MORILOW. Morning, S minutes after 12. I Evening, 33 minutes after 12 rril IF SUN. SOW! QUIS DICERS FALSUM AUDEAT ? LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 1818. 4 4 , 'lli:D i ; it . i . .!ce", they a. to J 1001704 the ri'arin wiry .tl not attack the Spanish fleet, seen a few days bcfote, 5r 34 9 they could not place any dependance on each other. 111- Independent cause is losinfikpund every day. Their farnalif General Bow VAR is taken, and tong ere this shot : the whole of his army are exterminated. ed The vessels under the Venn znellan and Mexican fligSlit ,sl . to be very cautious in not interfer% with any other &gill''' that of Spain, those of Buenos Avrts are not so partic ular ' it is to be hoped his Majesty's ships will have orders to detain all vessels under that flag. You have heard, I Oppose, n ithg capture of our Brasil Packet, with a large quantity Of SP eC'e on hoard, by two of them ; one, we are informed, was 618. sinking the packet with all hands, that the affair might not be known ; the Commander of the other being mote humane overruled this, and was contented with robbing her of e vell thing on board. Sir JAMES LUCAS YE°, K. C. 8., in the Semiramis, 580 i arrived a few days ago from the Coast of Attica, with lo g topmasts, foremast, and bowsprit, having experienced a s rce-r. gale of wind, oft Altevella. The Sybelle, 38, and ilq uel 36, are cruising; the Rifleman, 18, sailed for IFlavan naill New York, and England, on the ed nit., with upward s million of dollars on board. The Cherub, Larne, and Pr' rose, are expected shortly, the former from the Cn nst Africa, the two latter from Vera Cruz. Pa ris' Our Readers will see by the letters from which we yesterday announced, 'hat our Corte° p , ordent is still decidedly convinced that the re: 'nova! of the Allied troops from France is, io ItiS opinion,absolutely necessary for the stability of t he throne and the happiness of the people. 101 l Pa rt °I his letter, not intended for insertion, he asor est ns, upon what he deems to be full authority, 11 1 the , measure has been positively resolved t7ll, even the time fixed for their departure• l b ° measure is, indeed, of sttch importance to Direr' that it is impossible to suppose that it has not been the subject of deep consideration with the Par t° concerned, and that it will not be carried into of feet without due reflection. To prove the fals e ; hood of the assertion that THE SUN is ,de vnte mt , to the French Ministers, we have only to re f to what we have always s a id on the dange r ° removing the Combined Armies, though it iS measure desired by the French Ministry , though our intelligent Correspondent hos ' ldle cated that measure with zealous perseverance' "ri; reigning us for pertinacity, in being so ze al° ° s • persevering on the opposite side. But , as i.ll have before said, he possesses steel, opportu nitif j for the best information, and his knowledg e n to abilities so well qualify him to employ til e° • advantage in supporting the true interests of Franc , 0 and of Europe, that we shall no longer pers ist wilts opposing his opinions, but content ourselve s , , expressing our earnest hopes that the me -43 " - o question will tend, if not to extinguish, le" st • keep under, the spirit of JACOBINISM in France' spirit destructive of the very existence of socielis and to confirm the peace and happiness of the re of the world. • e fi t We have received some letters expres s)/ le approbation for the sentiments which w e " 1 its • avowed iu favour of the King of Saeoo , an 00 4 one of them we are desired to state upon wh at ° o t dation we ' , motioned. the inteution of the I ° 4 of else , Phuss la to propose, at the ensuing M e eting ar t combined Sovereigns, the restoration of 1 1 °' r ot s of the territories of the former which 1,59 to the latter on settling the affairs of Etorl ) . r It" What we stated was in a private le t " t lie Dresden, but we cannot, of course, vouch f or 41 a s truth of the report. Perhaps I't was iliteli6e oc if hint to the King Of Peussta not to ava il bita w bo of the Misfortunes of an amiable Sovereign' ha f t" was so much overwhelmed by the p 0 tVe• osist, Corsican Usurper as to be totally linable t ° r ot e As all the other Monarchs of the Continent in turn placed in the same state of SUbite I;tf it is, indeed, hard that the King o f d o n too alone should su ff er. If the suggested restor should not take place, History cep oar brand the whole transaction with disgrac e; 0 „,, d 't will the Congress of Sovereigns be de—je bier deserving of reprobation than BuoNAPAIere 9 at selt, who gave and took away territorte er. t he P pleasure, and who, if it had not been for t hll n o . on severance of the British Government, t t r ha bil system of the Immortal PITT, wou id pr %jag' now be in a state of humiliation and /a— !do h if they had been suffered to linger throug or e fon - r of ignominious submission to the gill ° 0 11- Npre' - j lenting Tyrant. We therefore again e ja d, 0" fotolu— sincere hopes that the report is we- - .oble 1 11 A that the Ring of SAXONY, a just and 3rni 00 0 ; narch, and who is in the highest deg ree . 6 ,t i tfa l big rib k by his subjects, will be reinstated 1 0 r possessions, and be allowed to 00 8 " nte is among other Nations. Indeed, as I N feefi n b i that he means to attend at the ensuinet'd t h ot , b la of the Sovereigns, it is to be prei n ! fl 0 p0' 1 , 1 65 . designs to prefer his claims, loci T wo of that they can be rejected with r ang c° tier, honour, or common d e cency• O titi j _ • o n p 'Fun QLTE.,.—Yesterdny afteeno"stalioprasf was received in town from K e w , e yes t pre . : " The QUEEN Was mild) the "T ir o 0r „ f‘e - , morning as she had been the lo t ' tw o l e days." The I'RLNCE R EG ENT lef t ot s: 4 " about four o'clock. The Duke . 01 for hew about the same times 1